The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
MANNISHLY
Etymology
Adverb
mannishly (comparative more mannishly, superlative most mannishly)
In a mannish manner.
Source: Wiktionary
MANNISH
Man"nish, a. Etym: [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human. Chaucer. But yet it was a figure Most like to mannish creature. Gower.
2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak.
3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] Chaucer.
– Man"nish*ly,adv.
– Man"nish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
8 July 2024
PATH
(noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves; “the hurricane demolished houses in its path”; “the track of an animal”; “the course of the river”
Coffee Trivia
